Royal Mail

'Virtual' mail service claims 70% savings on conventional postagePrintWeek, UK –2 minutes ago… to the Leicester-based company, which will print and fold the item in a fully automated process, before sorting it and sending it to Royal Mail. … More: continued here

Post Office delivers a happy ChristmasCampbeltown Courier, UK –7 hours agoAlan Reid MP for Argyll and Bute was invited by Royal Mail to visit sorting offices throughout his constituency and paid a call to Lochgilphead on Friday … More: continued here

CVC looks at Royal MailWall Street Journal –19 minutes agoThe UK government is planning to sell at least 25% of Royal Mail Group while retaining the parent Royal Mail's operating branches, the Post Office. … More: continued here

ITV.com Investment banks pitch to run Royal Mail sell-offTimes Online, UK –5 hours agoThe Government has held a beauty parade to find an investment bank to advise it on the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail. The Department for Business, …A positive future for Royal Mailguardian.co.ukLawmakers Protest UK Plan to Sell Royal Mail …

Evening Telegraph Royal Mail row rumbling onEvening Telegraph, UK –7 hours agoMr McGovern hit back, saying Councillor Jim Barrie was “naive” for not recognising the differences between the Royal Mail and Post Office. …Dismay at Post Office’s stanceEvening Telegraphall 2 news articles More: continued here

Royal Mail has welcomed the move to change postal regulator from Postcomm to Ofcom. The postal operator says the Government’s decision to implement change reflects the reality of the marketplace, which is increasingly switching away from mail to electronic communications. More: continued here

Public sector this week: Royal Mail; Pension overpayments by XafinityTimes Online, UK –28 minutes agoUp to 50000 jobs could be lost in a partial privatisation of the Royal Mail, unions cautioned. Ministers were said to be considering a report that … More: continued here

BBC News Postal workers' strike called offBBC News, UK –4 hours agoMr Ward said government plans to partially privatise the Royal Mail meant the stakes were "even higher". "This is no longer a local or regional dispute. …Post workers call off strike actionThe Press AssociationPresents to be late for Christmas amid strikesTelegraph.co.ukStriking …

Government plans to part-privatize Royal Mail condemnedTivyside Advertiser, UK –9 hours agoPlaid's Adam Price commented: "I'm deeply concerned by the fact that the UK government is seriously considering the part privatisation of Royal Mail. …Will Gordon Brown take on Lord Mandelson over the Mail?Telegraph.co.ukBrown backs Mandelson on Royal Mail privatisationWorkers’ Libertyall 3 …

Christmas mail fears as post box set on fireGet Surrey, UK –4 hours agoA spokesman for Royal Mail said its staff had been working with the emergency services following the incident last Thursday at 9.10pm. … More: continued here